Jun 04 Gwen's Take: The Perils of Ambition, and Does Obama Have Any Coattails? By Gwen Ifill On a hot summer day in 2008, I visited the Civil Rights Institute in downtown Birmingham with the man who thought he was going to be Alabama's first African-American governor. The time seemed right for an ambitious young lawmaker… Continue reading
Jun 04 Watch Shields and Brooks: Should Obama Be Comforter-in-Chief in Oil Crisis? Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks sort through the top political stories of the week, including President Obama's emotional engagement -- or lack thereof -- with people affected by the Gulf oil leak, and the U.S. relationship with Israel following… Continue watching
Jun 04 Watch News Wrap: Israel Vows to Block Another Aid Ship Bound for Gaza In other news Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to stop another aid ship bound for Israel's maritime blockade on Gaza. Also, the three-day peace conference in Afghanistan came to a close with a resolution urging the government to… Continue watching
Jun 03 Watch News Wrap: Turkey Honors Activists Killed in Gaza In other news Thursday, there were services in Turkey for those killed in the Israeli sea raid off Gaza and delegates at a peace conference in Kabul agreed on the need to reach out to the Taliban to further the… Continue watching
Jun 02 Watch As Flotilla Inquiry Calls Grow Louder, Legality of Gaza Blockade Examined Israeli authorities are defending the raids of vessels bound for Gaza, as the international community presses for an independent investigation of the flotilla deaths. Judy Woodruff examines the legality of Israel's attack in international waters with two law experts. Continue watching
Jun 02 Watch News Wrap: 12 Dead, 25 Wounded in England Shooting Rampage In other news Wednesday, a taxi driver in northwest England went on a shooting spree that killed 12 people. Also, Taliban militants carried out a suicide attack during President Hamid Karzai's address at a peace jirga in Afghanistan. Continue watching
Jun 02 Watch Israel Deports Gaza Flotilla Activists, Defends Raid Israel has deported many of the 700 people detained after troops boarded vessels trying to run a blockade near Gaza. Judy Woodruff reports on the contradictory of accounts of the deadly weekend raid. Continue watching
Jun 01 Watch Extended Interview: Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu As fallout continued Tuesday from the Israeli raid on Turkish ships bound for Gaza, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu described the incident as "an attack against Turkish citizens."… Continue watching
Jun 01 Holder: Federal Criminal, Civil Probes Launched Over Oil Leak, Rig Blast By Jason Breslow Federal authorities have opened criminal and civil investigations into the massive Gulf Coast oil leak and the deadly rig explosion that caused it, Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday afternoon. Holder announced the probes in New Orleans… Continue reading
Jun 01 Politico: White House Juggling Crises on Domestic and Foreign Policy Fronts By Hari Sreenivasan _pap_embed_custom('news01s4027qed4',482,304,""); Politico White House reporter Josh Gerstein stopped by The Rundown Tuesday to talk with us about how the White House is dealing with a domestic crisis - the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico - as… Continue reading